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Welcome to the QE Club

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012

SMSF collectable insurance poses compliance risks

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
Collectable assets held within a self-managed super fund (SMSF) are about to cause compliance problems for trustees failing to procure appropriate insurance, one service provider has warned. All new SMSF investments in art and collectables made on or ...

Q3 will work

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
... because according to those who commented: even Bernanke admitted that, "I personally don't think it's going to solve the problem;" it's "short-sighted;" and "In the short run this may have the moderate impact of softening the coming crisis. Long and ...

The Fed may have gone too far

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
... things don't happen overnight," he said. Greetham said the Federal Reserve's strategy was aimed right at the "core" of the problem, housing finance. This morning, the Australian share market opened more than 1% higher, and US stocks soared on the back ...

Concentrated portfolios can benefit HNW

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
Private investors who are not concerned with a deviation from global indices can benefit from a concentrated equities portfolio, said Private Portfolio Managers (PPM). "Many high net worth (HNW) and family offices find it difficult to access international ...

Brokerage domination chokes competition: Paritech

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
... Klink said. "The self-managed super (SMSF) industry is very disjointed right now so you can get cheap trading. But the problem is you go to get a SMSF return done and its expensive - that ranges from $1,500 to $3,000." Klink attributes much of this dilemma ...

Super roundtable supports small business clearing house

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
A Council of Small Businesses of Australia (COSBOA) proposal to better promote the Government's small business super clearing house has received support from the fourth meeting of the Government's industry superannuation roundtable. Around 32,000 businesses ...

Super Mario to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
... their wrecking on the economy. And need I mention the victory of anti-austerity crusader Francois Hollande in France. The problem: what if 'savees' fail to comply with austerity conditions? What will the ECB do? Will they stop OMT? That'll surely re-ignite ...

Bond boom or bust?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
... rhetoric from the usual suspects being replayed on cyberspace. There's Frau Merkel declaring "solidarity" with Europe but problem countries must pay the price - severe austerity measures - for that solidarity. "We need Europe, but we need a strong Europe." ...

Variant Perceptions' variant perception

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
ariant Perceptions' variant perception QE is dead, long live QE! It's the eve of that much-awaited, much-speculated Big Ben QE speak but last night's bigger-than-what-we've-seen-over-past-few-day's fall suggests that participants may have given up on ...